Interesting stories about Mrs. Kieu Dam Di - a model of Shakyamuni Buddha.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.

When not ordained, she was named Kieu Dam Di (Gotami), which means that the woman of the Co-talk (Gotama) family, a model (an aunt) of Prince Siddhartha, had a lot of life, later is Shakyamuni Buddha.

She is the King of Thien Giac Water-benefit King, the Queen Ma Da and the model of Thai Tu Tat Dat Da. After becoming a monk, she was called Ma-ba-Basal (Mahaprajapati), translated into Chinese as Dai Ai Dao.

The Ma-ma Queen after seven days of being born to the Prince of Siddhartha, died. Take the model Kieu Dam Di instead of taking care of the Prince.

Prince Siddhartha had just given birth 7 days before his mother died

Kieu Dam Di, a beautiful lady, beautiful, gentle, gentle, her virtue is very noble. Not only in the palace, everyone admires reverence, but the King of the Pure Land also admires her. After the queen's death, she was put in a position to replace the queen. Although she later gave birth to Prince Nan Da, but always loved Prince Siddhartha as a child.

At the time of the Crown Prince's death, although there were thirty-two maidservants, but Lady Kieu Dam Di was still uneasy. She wanted to take care of the Prince himself from sleep, eating, including the smallest things like choosing clothes, etc. Each one she arranged. Although the prince lost his mother, but in return, she loved her as caring mother.

Nineteen years old, the prince was aware that life was temporary, this body was not really so merciful to sentient beings who were still immersed in the five senses, delusion. He wants to find a way to get all sentient beings out of samsara.

Then, he renounced worldly pleasures, alone crossed the city into the forest of ascetic monks. Lady Kieu Dam Di heard the news of the Crown Prince's sorrow, grieving, missing her love with the concern of the mother when she saw her golden-leafed son, now suffering from the miserable life between mountains and forests. wild. Thinking like that, her heart ached like a cut.

In the first time the Buddha returned to Ca Bhikkhu La Ve - his former homeland - to preach, the monarchs in the lineage like the Prince of Penguins, Anna-law, Nan-da were all Buddhas. chemistry for renunciation, and La Huan La - son of the Prince of the previous day - was ordained as a monk.

Kieu Dam Di, the lady, saw that image, she developed a good base, so she came before The Blessed One to ask her to let them join them with the Sangha.

Di modeling Kieu Dam Di takes care of the Prince instead of his mother

At that time in Buddha's Sangha there were no monks and nuns. As for the pleas of the wife, Mrs. Kieu Dam Di, Duc The Ton disagrees. He told her that she should only live the life of lay people in studying the Dharma, taking refuge in the Three Precepts, sustaining the five precepts, if the decision to cultivate will also be of great benefit in this life and the next.

But the lady Kieu Dam Di was dissatisfied with that, so each time The Sun returned to the sermon she still patiently pleaded for her to be ordained. 

One day, she personally made two robes to bring to the Nunnery where the Buddha lived to offer offerings. The Buddha said:

- Two medical sheets that the lady offered to worship, Nhu Lai happily accepted a plate, and the lady should make offerings to them.

Received by the Buddha, she was extremely happy, taking this opportunity to join hands to Buddha:

- Dear Lord The Sun! Please be merciful to women, we are also allowed to follow the monastic ordination and ordination.

The Buddha said:

- Lady, don't say that! The nun is also good. Now we have considered carefully, if it is for the monastic women to enter into the Sangha of the Tathagata, it will probably cause many negative effects on the Sangha later.

Three times were begged by Buddha, but Kieu Dam Di still waited patiently. With sincerity earnestly want to be ordained and also to show sincerity, after the Buddha led the Sangha from Bhikkhu-amnesty to the temple of Naomi, she immediately joined five hundred people. the woman made austerity prayer, went barefoot to the novice Naomi-monk to once again ask the Buddha for permission to leave home. The legs of the women 's parade are bloodied because on the way full of rocky thorns, they are still determined to go to the place to ask the Buddha for permission to be ordained.

At this time, false religious A-nan saw the model and five hundred women took the austerity of bloody bare feet as a voluntary renunciation, making him unmindful, so also a heart to help. He earnestly prayed to Buddha again, mentioned the thanks of Mrs. Kieu Dam Di who raised and took care of The Sun since she was in the royal palace, loving and worrying like her mother and child, etc.

Finally, due to the perseverance and sincerity of Mrs. Kieu Dam Di and the 500 women of his wife and the earnest prayers of A-nan, Duc The Ton realized that it was impossible to explain to them to give up. the desire to join the Sangha, so he reluctantly accepted the request. However, in order to limit the uncertainties that might occur to the Sangha later, he introduced some conditions that he must observe, called the Eight-Tailed Dharma. The Buddha clearly taught, if women can voluntarily obey the Eight Noble Truths, then allow them to leave home.

- Bach Duc The Sun! If they agree to allow them to leave home, no matter what precept they give, they will be happy to follow.

"The person who has the will, everything must be done." Sister Kieu Dam Di was ordained as the first monk in the Sangha, five hundred women followed her as well.

About the female author Kieu Dam Di

Kieu Dam Di, a female religious, grew up in Devadaha, the Water of the Ly (KoLy), a small country opposite the Ca Lama (Kapilavatthu),

She is the daughter of King Thien Giac (Suppa Buddha), the sister of Queen Ma Da (Mahà Mayà) - wife of the King of Sanskrit. Both sisters are wives of King Sanskrit (Suddhodana). END=NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.30/4/2019.